Jan 21, 2012

The
most common symptom of a yeast infection is itching in the vagina. Other
symptoms of a yeast infection include burning, soreness, painful sex and
vaginal discharge. The discharge is odorless and has a whitish, thick and slimy
appearance. Some women are prone to yeast infections and experience pain and a
sharp burning sensation when passing urine. Besides the pain, there is also the
added worry that she might have contracted a sexually transmitted disease from
a past boyfriend and is infected.

Recurrent
yeast infections are not uncommon and may be related to an underlying illness
and may require more aggressive treatment than over-the-counter remedies.
Consulting a doctor first is the best thing. Diagnosis, however, is not always
easy and medication is prescribed. When the medication does not work, the
patient ends up back at the doctor’s office. Why? Because antibiotics do not
only kill the bad germs; they kill everything, including the lining of her
private parts. Your doctor may take a specimen scraped from the affected area
for microscopic analysis to make a firm diagnosis and to rule out any other
causes.

Yeast
Infection Facts

Antibiotics
mess up the ecosystem in your body and it baffles this author how quickly a
doctor will prescribe an antibiotic for a common cold or flu. Antibiotics can
only kill bacteria; it can't kill a virus. If you feel better after taking an
antibiotic, it is just the natural course of the virus leaving your body. Doctors
should know this. If they don't and prescribe medication without knowing your
medical history they are doing guess work and it is not in your best interests.

A
doctor needs to have your medical history and act upon the information. You
could find yourself prone to yeast infections simply because of the antibiotics
taken. Is it a quick fix that you need? Will Monistat do the trick? You have to
know for sure which it is. Maybe it is
time to consult a different practitioner. Vaginal itching or burning is not a
joke and if left untreated, will get worse. Always determine first if there are
natural cures in plain yogurts and other foods as doctor visits can be costly.
Also take a look at your lifestyle. Are your pants too tight? Do you sit in a bath of water frequently? See what changes you can make to
facilitate a stress-free life and bring your yeast infections under control.

My
daughter said she once believed that it was a natural part of life to lose some
hair as you aged. Only men lost hair was the thinking; women didn’t have to
worry until after menopause – and by that point losing your hair would be the
norm. However, she started losing her hair by the time she was thirty at a
rapid rate. She had lustrous hair, and thick, and never worried when hair would
fall out due to brushing or blow drying.

One
day she noticed more hair left behind in the brush. She thought it was because
she was using a new shampoo. She changed the shampoo but the problem persisted
and she would notice hair on her arms and shoulders. It got to a point where a
strand of hair felt like the heaviest thing in the world because it was a
reminder that she was losing her hair and fast. She would see bald spots at the
front of her crown. When she put her hair in a pony tail the elastic band would
slide out on its own because of its new sparseness. She couldn't let this go on
and had to find a solution.

Getting
to the Root of the Problem

She
started reading every piece of information on hair loss. She went to
dermatologists, family doctors, acupuncturists, naturopaths, the whole nine
yards. She was given various shampoos, steroid creams and treatments which only
made matters worse. Her scalp was now sore as well. Everyday felt worse than
the day before until she noticed that she lost more hair after eating certain
foods. She hooked onto a new soy food kick and bought a lot of foods that
contained it. It was a healthy alternative to eating red meat she thought. She
found that soy was one of the worst allergens.

She then
read about the damage of sugar and found out that certain sugar foods were
making her scalp sore and causing hair to fall out. It was so hard for her to
give up these sugar foods because she lived on them and would exercise every
second night just so she wouldn't feel guilty about indulging in ice-cream
before bedtime She needed a good book to keep her on track, and found it. Within
a week, her scalp stopped hurting, her hair stopped falling out and the skin on
her forehead and face started to feel softer.

She
started to use fragrant-free shampoo and soaps and toiletry products and reversed
her hair loss by making proactive changes in her life. She didn't accept this
hair condition because of her age and warns against miracle drugs and shampoos
and advise that you look for natural solutions. Get your information from the right
sources. Information is everything. Stay on the right path with the right
information. Leave a comment if you have anything to add or have any questions.

For
those of you who do not know, a hundred new hairs sprout on your head each day
and the average person loses 50 to 100 hairs daily. But what happens when you part
your hair and notice more hairs on your brush, floor, and clothes? Not all hair
loss stories have happy endings. My daughter, in her thirties, noticed less hair
than usual falling off of her head. At first, she was pleased and thought it
was great that she had such strong hair until a few months later when someone
took a picture of her at a party and she noticed how thin her hair had become.
She was horrified and believed in her heart that the new prescription drug her
dermatologist had prescribed for her acne was causing new hair not to grow. She had no faith in prescription drug and
always looked for alternative treatment.

Factors
contributing to hair loss include the following:

1Prescription drugs

2Fragrant soaps which might cause itching and lead to
skin problems

3Sensitivity to fragrant creams, shampoos and
conditioners

4Over the counter products that can cause health risks

5Sugar or foods that ferment into sugar

There
can be any number of contributing factors and the wisest thing to do is to
check with a doctor whether the prescription drugs you are taking is the cause
of your sudden hair loss and whether you should change the food you eat. It may
be that you need to see a nutritionist for a new way to eat, or to make some
lifestyle changes and include some vitamins in your food plan to assist vitamin
growth to undamaged hair follicles. To learn more about reversing hair loss, go
online and read up on the subject, and then consult a doctor. You don’t want to
take chances and lose even more hair.